Probe under way as 2 die after wall collapses in store

A health and safety probe is under way after two customers died following a wall collapse at a DIY centre in Co Longford.

An internal 12m (40ft) wall fell at the Connacht Gold DIY and Garden Centre off the Athlone Rd just before 2.15pm yesterday, and six people were trapped under fallen masonry.

Gardaí and emergency crews were called to the scene to free the trapped people from under mounds of brickwork and plaster.